The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-02-16
THE DETAILS OF THE DISASTER.
4 Border Light and an Open Window
the Cause of the Fire---Thc LOsses
hY Fire and SteRlnSe.

! tiful Masonic Theatre. in which Augusta took
urh pride. together with the Globe Hotel ana
| thirteen stores aCijUng, were burned tn tn
round tonight. The loss on the buildings
md goods in stock will amount to about S2Oo,
| 90 In round numbers, II being the largest ana
most disastrous fire which has ever visited
| Augusta. A few minutes after six O'Clock this
evening smoke was seen Issuing from the
| rear windows of the Masonic Theatre on E!l1S
! street. An alarm was Immediately sounded
and the department responded quickly, but
befi,re stream could he got on the hre the
entire rear portion OF the mammoth building
was one mass of flames. The matinee of Mrs.
! 1owerS'S company had only concluded abaul
10 minutes before the fire was discovered,
hereby preventing q stampede and great los
Jr life. 1t is learned from boy employed o.
The stage that the fire was caused by the hor.
Ter lights having been left burning near on
# the back windows which was open. Ihus
he wind blew one Of the border curtains mic
, gas Jet which was the cause OF the fire.. NJ
one was in the the theatre ut the time anu the
lanes were discovered by outsiders. In /
short while after engines arrived on Tie scene
,hoUt half dozen streams were directed "'
he burning building. but SO great WAS q"
roadway OF The fire at the time that they wrrt
rowerless and the water s'emed t" feed In!
Ire rather than 10 cxtlngulsh II. Streams
we're played on the building from both Br0a"
ind Ellis Streets, but the fire had gained suci
aeadwny that il was impossible 10 eNtin%ul>E
H. and the firemen set to work 10 prevent lis
spreading. Their efforts were, however, OF ne
avail, for in a remarkably short time th'
1rmes spread to the rear PARTON OF the Gloh'
Hotel, and q few minutes thereafter the rc'
md side walls fell, setting fire To the Sh'r
store Of ]. y. White e. Co. Two hours after
he fire originated, the entire Masonic build
ing, fromll .oad To Ellis street, the Globe Flo
cl, J. Il! Whites shoe and clothing store.
Coskery's carpet store. 7. L. Stansell clothing
store, BCnSun & Co.'S, cigar store, LiebSchrrs
ish and game establishment, Ramseys PRO
luce stcrU. r. NJ. MiXon's commission house.
AT & q a H.
;,ariwrightS bar and billiard Sa,Oun, together
with a number OF small houses In Inc rear OF
the Central Hotel, were one mass OF flames.
The tiremen worked heroicaily AMI many
of them endangered their lives in fighting iit
tire and attempting to save goods from, til,
burning hui 'dings, but SO rapid was he head
way OF the flames that q majority or the stock
In all the stores WAS consumed.
The losses and insurance on the different
buildings, &c, rs near rs could be learned
were rs follows:
On the Masonic building. including furnl.
ture, &C.. about s55.On0; insured for 3iO,gO0.
Besides this, all the effects of Mrs. Bowers
! 'r"upe were consumed. they being valued q!
SIl,Wn; also about Sl,5CO worth of Mann:rI
was insured. This loss is very heavy npon
Mr.. Cohen, who has worked faithfully In The
discharge of his duty as manager OF the The
ntre and spent $500 of his own money iOl
different articles used In the house.
On the stock OF goods in Daily Armstrong; 's
dry goods store, the loss was about Sl0HO0; in.
-urrd for $4,000. On The goods In Bat!ie X Cos,
kery's carpet store, loss about 5000 lnSurcr
,or $500. On the goods Of the j. Il. Whit,'
clothing and shoe houses about S25, COO; inSur-
I'd for $50 400. The Globe Hotel, the propert!
Of Mr.. T. w. COskery, loss about S2i,00J; insnr.
I'd for $4,000. /. l., Stanscll, " ho orcupics the
clothing store under The Globe Hotel, Loses
about Sl2. .00O, fally covered by Insurance. Ben
sou & Co., cigar dealers, also under the Globe
Hotel, lose only about SOh ON account OF their
removing the stock OF goods before the flames
a tI,.,c nf vol
from stealage by those engaged In removing
the goods. Mr. Doolittle, the proprietor of the
Globe Hotel, loses about ,OOo. partially inSnr'
ed. Mr.. E. Liebscher, fish and game dealer
loses about So 600; insurance. g, 900; Mr.. w. 4.
Ramsey, produce dealer. lo>eS ahout S500, fully
covered by insurance; MIR. K. NJ. Nixon, com.
mission merchant, loses only 4 lew hundred
dollars; Mr.. J. p. Cartwright was insured for
$500; his lnss will not exceed $1,000. Mcln-
tosh & Roberts loss amounts to $500, covered
by insurance.
The losso the new Mas onic theatre is right
IA could have experienced. In this cnnnec.
lion Manager Cohen stated 10 your CORES.
,ondent tonight that all contracts made hy
him with troupeS fir this season will he filled
In Market Hail. By the burning of this build
Ing the Valentine Society will also have to
procure another place for their annual ball,
which WAS to have been given in the Th'atr'
On Tuesday evening AS there are numbers o!
suitable halls in the city the burning of the
| Theatre Will not prevent the ball from being
given.
About 10 o'clock the rear portion of the Gen.
! trail Hotel, four doors below the Masonic
auldIng caught fire. but was quickly eXtn-
guished, although the loss caused by furni-
tu,e. carpets, DC, being damaged hy wate"
! will amount to about s50a, uninsured. The
G;ohe Hotel and Il small building in the rear
,djoining 1t are still burning at this hour q A.
NJ, but the fire iS under thorough control and
! here Is now no further danger.
A Fatal Accident.
AUGUSTA, February 1872 A. M.-Dnring the
/ fire tonight when the roof OF The Globe Hotel
fell in carrying with 1t the different floors 1t
, a b,,ra IL tha u,